English Midterm 11 Study Guide -Unit 4

The Harts have more money than their neighbors, but are not wealthy like the elite families who live uptown.

Based on information from the text, what is most likely the Harts' social and financial situation? Answer choices for the above question

By showing how certain situations make Hurston feel more colored than others

How mainly does Hurston's description of dancing to jazz add to the development of the essay's themes?

The Hart family is saddened, but they still care about their appearance and reputation.

Which of the following best explains how the Hart family is affected by their father's death? Answer choices for the above question

The Avenue is a wealthier, more fashionable area than the Harts' neighborhood.

Which of the following inferences is best supported by this passage (paragraph 14)? The party was a grand success. Even the intensely critical small fry dancing on the pavement without to the scraping and fiddling of the string band, had to admit that. So far as they were concerned it was all right, but what shall we say of the guests within? They who glided easily over the canvassed floors, bowed, and scraped and simpered, "just like the big folks on the Avenue," who ate the ice-cream and cake, and drank the sweet, weak Catawba wine amid boisterous healths to Mr. and Mrs. Hart and the Misses Hart; who smirked and perspired and cracked ancient jokes and heart-rending puns during the intervals of the dances, who shall say that they did not enjoy themselves as thoroughly and as fully as those who frequented the wealthier entertainments up-town.

poverty, racism, family (All of the above)

What is most closely a major theme of this excerpt?

To create a sense of intrigue surrounding the masked figure

What is most likely the author's intent in including the following detail (paragraph 8)? And thus too, it happened, perhaps, that before the last echoes of the last chime had utterly sunk into silence, there were many individuals in the crowd who had found leisure to become aware of the presence of a masked figure which had arrested the attention of no single individual before.

To suggest that while some survived slavery, many people were either killed or separated from their family and friends.

What is most likely the author's purpose when he states (stanza 6, lines 4-7): An' hit hu'ts me w'en I membahsDat I'll nevah see no mo'Dem faces gethered smilin'Roun' dat po' ol' cabin do'.

To delineate the years of her life before she left Eatonville, when she had a simpler understanding of racial matters

What is most likely the author's reason for referring to her young self as "Zora of Orange County" and "Zora of Eatonville'? Answer choices for the above question

In the state's cities, people of color were treated in very specific ways.

What mainly can the reader infer about the state of race relations during Zora's time in Florida (Paragraph 5)? I left Eatonville, the town of the oleanders, a Zora. When I disembarked from the river-boat at Jacksonville, she was no more. It seemed that I had suffered a sea change. I was not Zora of Orange County any more, I was now a little colored girl. I found it out in certain ways. In my heart as well as in the mirror, I became a fast brown-warranted not to rub nor run.

"But above dese soun's de laughin'"

Which line from the poem best supports the correct answer to Question 3?

figurative

The speaker's descriptions of the various ancient rivers could best be described as .

"It was a voluptuous scene, that masquerade. But first let me tell of the rooms in which it was held." (paragraph 4)

Which of the following passages most strongly builds suspense in the narrative? Answer choices for the above question

Mama believes it is important to show others compassion

The following passage (paragraph 29) mainly shows that . MAMA: There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that you ain't learned nothing. [looking at her] Have you cried for that boy today? I don't mean for yourself and for the family 'cause we lost the money. I mean for him; what he been through and what it done to him. Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most; when they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning—because that ain't the time at all. It's when he's at his lowest and can't believe in hisself 'cause the world done whipped him so! When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is. Answer choices for the above question

illustrating that the Harts' neighbors care mostly about their own entertainment

The following passage (paragraph 38) mainly adds to the development of the text by . There was a wake that night to the unconfined joy of the neighbors, who would rather a burial than a wedding. The friends of the family sat about the coffin, and through the house with long pulled faces. Mrs. Tuckley officiated in the kitchen, making coffee and dispensing cheese and crackers to those who were hungry. As the night wore on, and the first restraint disappeared, jokes were cracked, and quiet laughter indulged in, while the young folks congregated in the kitchen, were hilariously happy, until some member of the family would appear, when every face would sober down.

showing that Walter feels ashamed of his decision to take the money

The passage below (paragraph 17) adds to the text mainly by . WALTER: . . . And maybe I'll just get down on my black knees. . . [He does so, RUTH and BENNIE and MAMA watch him in frozen horror.] "Captain, Mistuh, Bossman— [groveling and grinning and wringing his hands in profoundly anguished imitation of the slow-witted movie stereotype] Oh, yassuh boss! Yasssssuh! Great white— [Voice breaking, he forces himself to go on.] —Father, just gi' ussen de money, fo' God's sake, and we's—we's ain't gwine come out deh and dirty up yo' white folks neighborhood. . ." [He breaks down completely.] And I'll feel fine! Fine! FINE! [He gets up and goes into the bedroom.] Answer choices for the above question

She believes white people are haunted by the past.

What does the following passage from the text mainly reveal about the narrator (Paragraph 8)? The position of my white neighbor is much more difficult. No brown specter pulls up a chair beside me when I sit down to eat. No dark ghost thrusts its leg against mine in bed. The game of keeping what one has is never so exciting as the game of getting. Answer choices for the above question

Race may inform identity, but it does not solely define who you are.

What is most closely a theme of "How It Feels to be Colored Me"? Answer choices for the above question

Despite it all, joy was felt and laughter could be heard.

What is most closely the central idea of the passage below (stanza 4)? I kin see de light a-shinin'Thoo de chinks atween de logs,I kin hyeah de way-off bayin'Of my mastah's huntin' dogs,An' de neighin' of de hossesStampin' on de ol' bahn flo',But above dese soun's de laughin'At my deah ol' cabin do'. Answer choices for the above question

The author is satirizing the fact that many of the guests are pretending to be closer to Mr. Hart than they were.

What is most likely the author's purpose for including the following passage in the story (paragraph 39)? The older persons contented themselves with recounting the virtues of the deceased, and telling anecdotes wherein he figured largely. It was astonishing how many intimate friends of his had suddenly come to light. Every other man present had either attended school with him, or was a close companion until he died. Proverbs and tales and witty sayings were palmed off as having emanated from his lips. In fact, the dead man would have been surprised himself, had he suddenly come to life and discovered what an important, what a modern solomon he had become. Answer choices for the above question

A deadly infectious disease is wreaking havoc in a country.

What mainly does the opening paragraph of the story make clear? The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men. And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour. Answer choices for the above question

He is insensitive to his subjects.

Which inference about the Prince is best supported by the text? Answer choices for the above question

"I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it."

Which line from the poem most closely supports the correct answer to Question 3?

She does not respect the fact that Walter didn't stand up for himself and his family.

Which of the following best explains Beneatha's hatred for her brother?

a long time ago

Which of the following provides the best description of the bolded phrase in line 5 of the poem? I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.

Both the Harts and their neighbors are preoccupied with reputation and social standing.

Which of the following responses best conveys how the Harts and their neighbors are portrayed in this short story? Answer choices for the above question

A prince and a thousand of his followers barricade themselves into a castle to avoid a sickness that is claiming the lives of the people in the country. After indulging in great pleasures at a masquerade ball, the prince and his guests are visited by a stranger, which passes among them and causes their deaths.

Which of the following selections best summarizes the plot of the story? Answer choices for the above question

He believes it is more important to have money to support his family than to preserve one's honor.

Which of the following statements best summarizes why Walter wants to accept Mr. Lindner's offer?

She is not scared of or enthralled by white people in power.

Which of these inferences about the narrator's relationship with other races is best supported by the essay? Answer choices for the above question

Rivers have been around since the beginning of time.

Which of these inferences is best supported by lines 2-3 of the poem? I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than theflow of human blood in human veins.

The speaker is ironic as he describe his cabin, but his feelings toward their home are positive because it is filled with family and friends.

Which of these inferences is best supported by stanza 3, lines 1-2 of the text? Talk about yo' go'geous mansionsAn' yo' big house great an' gran'

Walter argues that looking out for oneself is more important than justice.

Which of these inferences is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 6)? WALTER: See—that's the old stuff. You and that boy was here today. You all want everybody to carry a flag and a spear and sing some marching songs, huh? You wanna spend your life looking into things and trying to find the right and wrong part, huh? Yeah. You know what's going to happen to that boy someday—he'll find himself sitting in a dungeon, locked in forever—and the takers will have the key! Forget it, baby! There ain't no causes—there ain't nothing but taking in this world, and he who takes most is smartest—and it don't make a damn bit of difference how. Answer choices for the above question

"The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime, it was folly to grieve, or to think."

Which passage from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7? Answer choices for the above question

"They were divided between two conflicting emotions—joy at belonging to a family so noteworthy and important, and sorrow at the death."

Which quote from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 7?

"At certain times I have no race, I am me."

Which sentence from the essay best supports the correct answer to Question 7?

"You saw him—down on his knees. Wasn't it you who taught me—to despise any man who would do that?"

Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the correct answer to Question 5? Answer choices for the above question

"Understand. That white man is going to walk in that door able to write checks for more money than we ever had."

Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the correct answer to Question 7?

"a throng of the revellers at once threw themselves into the black apartment, and, seizing the mummer, whose tall figure stood erect and motionless within the shadow of the ebony clock, gasped in unutterable horror..."

Which sentence from the excerpt most strongly supports the answer to Question 5? Answer choices for the above question

"'Yes as I was saying, 'course, taint none o' my business, but I always did wonder how them Harts do keep up. Why, them girls dress just as fine as any lady on the Avenue and that there Lillian wears real diamond ear-rings.'"

Which sentence from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 5? Answer choices for the above question

"Among the thousand white persons, I am a dark rock surged upon, and overswept, but through it all, I remain myself."

Which sentence from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 5? Answer choices for the above question

indifferent

Which word best describes the behavior of the masked figure (mummer) that arrives after midnight? Answer choices for the above question